Seafoam and Chevron

A new Target opened by my house, and I went today for the grand opening. I got a white and seafoam scarf, as well as this seafoam polish, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in "Jaded." I have to say, I was a little disappointed, as it took 3+ coats to really cover completely. On my ring fingers, I added the small chevron design from Pueen plate #03 in Sally Hansen Insta-Dri "Silver Sweep."

Dream it. Be it!

Well, it's conference time again, and that means another fun pink mani! This year, I am going to the second of two conferences, so I already know the chevron theme is used heavily, hence my stamp from plate BM-423. I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in "Love Train" for a base, and stamped with "Silver Sweep." On my ring fingers I jazzed it up with Nails Inc. London in "Chelsea Square," a pink glitter. I'm ready to go!

Glitter Ombre

I semi-followed the instructions again on another Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear kit. I used "Breezy Blue" as a base ("Blue Me Away!" on my ring fingers), and then created an ombre effect in "Sea-ly String." The instructions just say "apply the glitter polish on the tips," but obviously it doesn't work that way. I did one coat over the whole nail, one coat from the tip to about halfway, and one coat on just the tips. It worked pretty well, except the tips got so thick, I kept dinging and denting them.

Following the Rules

I picked up three of these Sally Hansen "Get the Look" kits at Target this weekend. I didn't necessarily want "the look," they were just a good deal for three full-size Xtreme Wear polishes. However, I decided to try following the instructions from this pack for a "Side Swipe French Mani."

I started with the metallic "Pink Satin" over all my nails. Then I used a piece of tape to create a straight line diagonally across each nail, and painted "Lacey Lilac" over the tips. I finished up with "Confetti Punch" just at the very tips, so it overlapped both the other colors. I guess they turned out ok, but I wasn't super excited about it overall.

Teardrops

In kind of a spur-of-the-moment decision, I painted and stamped my nails while on a phone call for work today. I used two colors of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri: "Brisk Blue" for the base, and "Blue-Away" on top, stamped with the teardrop design from Pueen plate #58. Kind of sloppy, but not bad for a teleconference mani!

Flutter by...

Simple mani tonight... I used Pure Ice "Fairy Godmother," and then stamped just on my ring fingers with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri "Pronto Purple," using the butterfly/flower design from Pueen plate #39. Pronto Purple is one of my favorite nail colors (and I'm super bummed it doesn't seem to be in stores anymore), but it is kind of a lousy stamping polish :o(